Chester Twp. native returns home after spontaneous two and a half year trip around the world

2:13 AM,
Nov. 12, 2013

Written by

Michael Izzo
| @MIzzoDR

Matt Wetherington thought he would take a short break before joining the working world.

The 24-year-old Chester Township native graduated from Rutgers University in May 2011 and had a job lined up at the school, but he thought a summer trip to Hawaii with friends Ariel Scott-Dicker and Jeffrey Foster would be just the ticket.

The vacation, however, turned into an around-the-world odyssey lasting more than two years and covering four continents. ...